Where does “makanan” come from?

makanan (Indonesian) comes from Malay makanan, from Malay makan, from Proto-Malayic makan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian kaən, from Proto-Austronesian kaən — to eat.

makanan (Indonesian): food

Definitions

  1. food

Ancestry of “makanan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaymakananfood
2Malaymakanto eat; consume, spend; to injure or penetrate
3Proto-Malayicmakanto eat
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesiankaənto eat
5Proto-Austronesiankaənto eat

Words derived from “makanan”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian kaən →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian kaən →Every word from Proto-Malayic makan →